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What is General Knowledge?

The public knowledge communicated by a range of non-specialist masses encompassing a wide subject range. General erudition: knowledge of many things.


What does General Knowledge talk about?

Knowledge about anything, anyone, anyplace in the universe. General acquaintance with facts, truths, or principles, as from study or investigation. General knowledge is also moderately associated with verbal ability, though only weakly or not at all with numerical and spatial ability.


Why is General Knowledge Needed?

There are studies that found General Knowledge can predict exam results. The study examined personality predictors &cognitive ability in student's exam performance which found General knowledge was positively related with overall exam results.


Where we need General Knowledge?

  • Bank Exams
  • Staff Selection Commission (SSC)
  • LIC / GIC Examinations
  • Railway Examinations
  • Defense Examinations
  • UPSC Examinations
  • COMPETITIVE EXAMS FOR PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS
  • Category of Competitive Exams
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Which among the following is an endothermic reaction?

A) Respiration B) Combustion
C) Sweating D) Burning of natural gas
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Sweating

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Which is the first payment bank in India?

A) Fino Payments Bank B) Airtel Payments Bank
C) Aditya Birla Payments Bank D) Paytm Payments Bank
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Airtel Payments Bank

Explanation:

Airtel Payments Bank is the first payment bank in India. A payments bank is a new category of banks conceptualized by the Reserve Bank of India, which operates at a smaller scale than an actual bank and doesn't involve any credit risk. It can carry out most banking operations but can't advance loans or issue credit cards.

 


The RBI as of date has given licences to 11 payments bank of which six are currently operational. These include

  1. Aditya Birla Payments Bank,
  2. Airtel Payments Bank,
  3. India Post Payments Bank,
  4. Fino Payments Bank,
  5. Jio Payments Bank (and)
  6. Paytm Payments Bank.
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Q:

World Pulses Day celebrated on?

A) 13th Feb B) 14th Feb
C) 10th Feb D) 11th Feb
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 10th Feb

Explanation:

World Pulses Day is a new opportunity to heighten public awareness of the nutritional benefits of eating pulses. In 2019, 10th February is celebrated as first ever World Pulses Day.

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Q:

Why does a fountain pen leak in aeroplane flying at a height?

A) Because of reduced viscosity of the ink in the pen B) Because of increased viscosity of the ink in the pen
C) Because of higher atmospheric pressure outside the pen D) Because of lower atmospheric pressure outside the pen
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Because of lower atmospheric pressure outside the pen

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A market is said to be in equilibrium when

A) There is downward pressure on price B) The amount consumers wish to buy at the current price equals the amount producers wish to sell at that price
C) All buyers are able to find sellers willing to sell to them at the current price D) Supply equals demand
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Supply equals demand

Explanation:

A market is said to be in equilibrium when market demand is equal to market Supply.

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Who is the first Chief Justice of the newly formed Telangana High Court?

A) Praveen Kumar B) Ranjan Gogoi
C) V.K. Tahilramani D) T.B.N Radhakrishnan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) T.B.N Radhakrishnan

Explanation:

Justice T.B.N Radhakrishnan is the first Chief Justice of the newly formed Telangana High Court.

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Q:

Who Invented Internet Protocol?

A) Vint Cerf B) David Chaum
C) Georges Claude D) Josephine Cochrane
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Vint Cerf

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
He has painted that picture so often that he can do it with his (eyes closed).

A) arms full B) eyes opened
C) mind blank D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) No improvement

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